Why are there so many Palestinian children in Israeli prison? | Israel-Palestine Conflict News

At least 23 Palestinian prisoners in Israel were part of the ceasefire agreement that Israel prosecuted the system of Palestinian children in military courts.

Since Hamas-Israel's ceasefire came into effect on January 19, at least 290 Palestinian prisoners have been released in two batches, ending Israel's bombing against Gaza for 15 months.

According to the ADameer Prisoner's support and Human Rights Association, a rights organization located on the west coast of occupied, before the latest prisoner exchanges, there were 320 children in Israeli prisons.

So what do we know about Palestinian children's prisoners and why did they judge in military courts?

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What do we know about Israel's Palestinian prisoners in Palestine?

In 2016, Israel introduced a new law that allowed children aged 12 to 14 to bear criminal responsibility, which means that they can be tried in court as adults in court and sentenced to prison. In the past, only people over 14 years of age could be sentenced to prison. However, it was not until the child reached the age of 14 (PDF) that he could start to punish.

The new law passed the Israeli parliament in the Israeli Parliament through the Israeli Parliament on August 2, 2016.

This change was carried out after Ahmed Manasra was arrested after Ahmed Manasra in 2015. Essence Later, his judgment was appealed for nine years.

According to non -governmental organizations to save children, in the past 20 years, 10,000 Palestinian children have been detained in Israeli military detention.

The reason for arresting children is from the stones to the participation of only 10 people who have no permission to participate, "can explain it as a political problem."

What laws are detained by Israel?

There are controversy that Palestinian prisoners are tried and sentenced in military rather than civil courts.

International Law allows Israel to use military courts on its occupation of the territory.

There is a dual legal system in Palestine. Under the legal system, Israeli settlers and East Jerusalem lived in the occupied west coast are subject to Israeli civil law, while the Palestinians are in the court to comply with Israel's military law in court.

This means that a large number of Palestinians are imprisoned without basic procedures.

"However, the Israeli authorities regularly arrested Palestinian children regularly during the night raid. They asked them without the guardian, and they held them for a longer time, then took them to the judge, and the long pre -trial detention center will be When young people brought to the age of 12, "Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director of Palestine in Human Rights Observation in November 2023.

According to the Israeli Citizen Rights Association, the 2017 Citizen Rights Association reported that nearly three -quarters of Palestinian children who had been occupied by the west coast had been detained until the end of the lawsuit, and the children of Israeli children were less than 20 %.

HAMOKED is a Palestinian who has assisted Human Rights and non -governmental organizations to assist Israel's occupation of human rights. He said that during 2020, once every two weeks, minors who were allowed to be detained in prisons for 10 minutes for their families for 10 minutes. Essence

As part of the Israeli-Hamas transaction, how many Palestinian prisoners are children?

Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners, of which 120 were sentenced to life imprisonment, which was part of the ceasefire agreement.

Two of them are 15 -year -old children. The oldest prisoner Muhammad Al-Tous is 69 years old. He stayed in prison for 39 years and was first arrested in 1985 when he was fighting with Israeli forces.

Since the ceasefire took effect on January 19, Saturday's swap was the second exchange. Three Israeli prisoners and 90 Palestinian prisoners (69 women and 21 children) were released in the first exchange.

Before October 7, 2023, the Palestinian group led by Hamas attacked in southern Israel. The attack caused more than 1,100 people to be killed, about 250 people were captured, and it caused Israel's devastating war against Gaza.

Some Palestinian prisoners have been detained in Israeli prison for more than 30 years.

The famous Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is the co-founder of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, also known as the party that ruled the West Bank-has been sentenced to 22 years.

Tamer Qarmout, an associate professor at the Dhaha Graduate Research Institute, told Peninsula TV that the release of Palestinian prisoners was the "huge relief" of the family, although it was "((Israel) occupied terrible reality".

Qarmout told Al Jazeera: "These prisoners should be released through a greater end conflict. Through negotiations, they end the occupation and bring peace.

How many Palestinians are there in Israeli prison? Do they face abuse when they are detained?

According to Addame estimates, as of Sunday, about 10,400 Palestinians from Gasha and the West Bank were imprisoned.

In the occupied Palestinian territory, every five Palestinians were arrested and charged at some point. For the Palestinian man, this ratio is twice the women's arrests and prosecutions in each five men.

There are 19 prisons in Israel, holding Palestinian prisoners on the west coast of occupied. Israel no longer allows independent humanitarian organizations to visit the Israeli prison in October, so it is difficult to know the number and conditions of the people being detained there.

According to reports, Palestinian prisoners who have been released were beaten, tortured and humiliated before and after the Garha War began on October 7.

How many Palestinian prisoners are detained innocently?

According to Addame, about 3,376 Palestinians were detained in Israel. Administrative detainees are unprepared or trial prisons.

Administrative detainees, including women and children, are not allowed to see the "secret evidence" of the Israeli troops that constitute the basis of their arrest. Since the establishment of Israel in 1948, this approach has been conducting the detainees of Palestine.

These people have been arrested by the military to extend the renewable time, which means that the arrest time is indefinite and can last for many years.

According to ADDAME, administrative detainees include 41 children and 12 women.

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What is the next?

The other 26 captives should be released in the first stage of the six weeks of the ceasefire and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The next communication is next Saturday.

Many people hope that the next stage will end the war. This war makes most of Gasha's 2.3 million people displaced, leaving hundreds of thousands of people to face the risk of famine. The negotiations began on February 3.